Just for experimental purpose I am checking out how to create a new crypto coin but I am not landing up on a reasonable article. When I search on google "source code of bitcoin" I land up to github over here
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin to be exact do I need to change source of these files to create a new coin ? If yes then what files requires changes ? It will be grate if someone can throw some light on this.
I would also like a more straightforward answer to this question.
Although, as far as I understand, most new coins aren't based on the Bitcoin algorithm (SHA-256) but rather they are based on Scrypt.
The reason for so many new coins is mainly for its creators to make some money out of the cryptocurrency bubble, and considering the difficulty to mine and compete with the SHA algorithm that can easily be underwelmed by the ASIC miners, most coin creators use the Scrypt algorithm.